Ryan Adams plans on new EP for October

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 – Just when you thought Ryan Adams was slowing down his productivity, Adams will release a seven-song EP in October on the heels of more tour dates.

"Follow The Lights" is coming out Oct. 23 on Lost Highway Records, including both new and old compositions, several of which were recorded live in the studio this summer.

The two new songs - "Follow The Lights" and "My Love For You Is Real" - will both be featured prominently in this fall's season of the ABC prime-time drama "October Road" (airing 10 p.m. on Mondays). "Follow The Lights" will also be used in bumpers leading up to the show's season premiere on Nov. 26.

The complete sequence for Follow The Lights is:
1. Follow The Lights (new song)
2. My Love For You Is Real (new song)
3. Blue Hotel (first official release, recorded live in studio)
4. Dear John (live in studio)
5. This Is It (Cardinals version, live in studio)
6. Down In A Hole (Alice In Chains cover, live in studio)
7. If I Am A Stranger (live in studio)

Adams, who three albums in 2005, released "Easy Tiger" earlier this year.

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